Large asteroid 1994 PC1 to fly past Earth at 5.5 LD on January 18

Large asteroid 1994 PC1 to fly past Earth at 5.5 LD on January 18

A large near-Earth asteroid designated 1994 PC1 will fly past Earth at a distance of 5.5 LD / 0.01325 AU (1.98 million km / 1.23 million miles) on January 18, 2022. This is the second-closest approach of this object to Earth since 1933. 1994 PC1 is an Apollo-class…